In the early 1900s, four western Massachusetts towns disappeared from the map. They were flooded to build the Quabbin Reservoir, which now provides drinking water mostly to Boston and dozens of ...
Though it’s located in Western and Central Massachusetts, most of the water from the Quabbin Reservoir flows to the Boston area. Those around the Quabbin’s 412 billion-gallon body of water don’t have ...
ROADS. TONIGHT ON CHRONICLE. >> CANNOT REALLY GO MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR DAYS WITHOUT GOING INTO THE CO-OPTING. >> THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE. THIS LAND IS EXTREMELY SACRED. >> THE EARLIEST ...
A social media post about Boston's water winning a taste contest alerted the western Massachusetts legislator to the fact that residents of the greater metropolitan area had no idea where their water ...
BELCHERTOWN — Old Enfield Road once took travelers to Enfield, Massachusetts, one of four towns that disappeared in the 1930s, making way for Quabbin Reservoir. Today, a stretch of Old Enfield Road ...
There's a move on Beacon Hill to correct what some lawmakers say is an injustice that dates back nearly 100 years, to when the state created the enormous Quabbin Reservoir. A bill before the ...
IT WAS A CHILLY MID-JANUARY MORNING IN THE QUABBIN WITH A DUSTING OF FRESH LIGHT SNOW A GOOD TIME TO GET INTO THE WOODS, BUT NOT BEFORE A FORTIFYING BREAKFAST AND A FEW CUPS OF HOT COFFEE AT THE ...
The Enfield Overlook in Ware, Massachusetts, with a view of what used to be the town of Enfield and is now part of the Quabbin Reservoir. In the early 1900s, four western Massachusetts towns ...